Definition:Classical Mechanics

Definition

Classical mechanics is the study of the physical laws describing the motion of and forces on bodies under the action of a system of forces, based on Newton's Laws of Motion.

Also known as

Classical mechanics is also referred to as:

classical physics

Newtonian mechanics or Newtonian physics, after Isaac Newton's Laws of Motion.

Also see

• Definition:Relativistic Mechanics
• Definition:Quantum Mechanics
• Definition:Statistical Mechanics

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Sources

• 1964: D.E. Rutherford: Classical Mechanics (3rd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Introduction
• 1978: A.P. French and Edwin F. Taylor: An Introduction to Quantum Physics ... (previous) ... (next): $1$: Simple models of the atom: $\text {1-1}$: Introduction
• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): classical mechanics (Newtonian mechanics)
• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): mechanics
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): classical mechanics (Newtonian mechanics)
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): mechanics
• 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): mechanics
• 2021: Richard Earl and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (6th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): mechanics